Paper pail.



PATENTED FEB. 28, 1905.

T. L. NEUMANN.

PAPER PAIL.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 27.1904.

glu/mantel 3 5 corner-folds l J to the cover H.

lilo. 783,643.

Patented. February 28, T905.

THEODORE L. NEUMANN, OF DAYTON, OIilO,`ASSl(-}N'Olt OF ONE-HALF T() THE DAYTON PAPER NOVELTY COlVlPANY, UF lhtYTDN, Ollltfl, A (JOR- POHATTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 783,643, dated February 28, 1905.

Application led .Tune 27, 19011. Serial No. 214,279.

To (LZ/f whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, Ti-inopon'n L. NEUMANN. a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State oi Uhio, have invented cert-ain new and useful Improvements in Paper Fails, of which the following is a specilication.

My invention relates to a paper pail adaptu ed to hold oysters, ice-cream, and other simi 1o lar commodities.

The object of my invention is to produce a tight-jointed and a strong compact vessel.

The features of the invention are more fully set forth in the description ot' the accompany- I 5 ing drawings, forming a part ot' this speeltication, in whichu Figure l is a plan viewof the scored blank, which is adapted to be folded into the pail. Fig. 2 is a sectional perspective View showzo ing one side of the pail in a partially-folded condition. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section showing one side ot' the pail in a folded position with the cover open. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the completed pail, showing a modified form of folding.

A represents the bottom of the pail. B B represent the ends oi' the pail to which the cover extensions H H are attached.

(l C represent the opposite or right-angled 3o sides of the pail, to each of which are attached the Yfolding-over or sealing tlap L. The side C is connected to the side B by means ot the diagonal sidewall lolds E E and D D. These side-wall folds are connected by the On the opposite side of the blank are the counterpart of these Afolds E D l J', cover H being duplicate and adapted to overlap cover H. The corner-iiolds on the opposite sides oi' the pail, 40 connecting the sides C to the sides ofthe cover, are a duplicate of the parts already described.

K represents slits formed in the tour-cornered folds J J" on each side of the blank to receive a clip which is passed through these t5 slits and secures the cover together in the usual manner. The bail M is hooked through the orifices a of the respective triangular tolding sections D E and D E and sides C The bail holds the pail in its folded position. The covers H ll are adapted to open out and i'old under the bail in its upright position.

It will be observed that in the bl'ank herein shown and described the sides C C are scored in right lines with the scored lines of the bottom A, while the ends B B are scored tapering. Now in order that the sides formed by the blank portion C E D E D may likewise form taper sides the blank is prepared in the following manner: The free edges ol the 'lolds 60 E E are in right line with the edge ol the side C in a plane with the scored line ot' the flap L. In the form shown the triangular toldingsection D at its widest edge increased in dimension over the t'ree edge et wall .lil a 65 length equal to the amount olf taper ot the side wall B, thus :forming an equal taper to the ends olI the pail.

In orderthat the sides may besealed against leakage el the liquid in the pail, the ilap L 7o folds over the edge ot side fold E, as shown in Fig. 3.

ln Fig. 2 the `fold is such that the side C is the inner folded wall ot the pail, the diagonal side `t'olds E and D Vforming the outer wall 75 oi' the pail. This form ol folding may be reversed, as shown in Fig. el, and the side U may Jform the outer wall ol.I the pail. The told E rests against it and the told D forming the inner wallV oi' the pail, the tlap L being 8o bent over the edge oi' `fold lil inwardly, so as to seal the pail against leakage.

It will be observed that the blank is substantially rectangular, that the ends B li, the sides U C, and the bottom A are substantially rectangular, and that the corner-sections between the sides and ends, respectively, are rcctangulitr, but each divided into two trianguiar folding sections by the diagonal scored lines extending from each corner ol the bot- 9o tom to each outer corner ol the blank. The terms sides and ends are merely arbitrary, the sections C C being called l sides to identify them as the sections against which the triangular sections .D D E E told. .lt will be noted that the outer ends of the sides and the outer edges oi the :uliacent triangular i'olding sections E lil are olf equal width.

By this construction the folding tucks L of the sides may fit and fold over perfectly either one or both of the sides of the sections E E', whether they are folded against the inside or the outside of the sides C C. This gives great convenience in folding and makes a perfeet sealed side at the top, without joint or seam, in each of the several possible folding positions of the blank. It will be noted that the outer edges of the side section G/ and its adjacent foldingsections E E' form a straight line across the side of the blank and that this is also true of the sections C E E. By reason of this fact, and also the fact that the outer edges of the sections above named are of equal width, when the blank is folded these meeting outer edges come together in a straight line across the top, over which the tucks L fold. It will also be noted, as shown in Fig. 4, that by reason of the straight scored lines forming the section C C the sides of the pail are formed by the side sections C C and their respective overlapping portions of their adjacent folding sections D D and E E', the said parts being held together by the tucks L.

By making the edge of the triangular sections E E of the same dimension as the folding fiap L, I am able to seal the pail without slitting the edges of the folds E and E', thereby weakening the wall and rendering the pail liable to leakage and less durable than the form herein shown.

The term scoring in this specification is the equivalent of creasing in preparing' the blank for folding.

Having described my invention, I claim4 l. A blank for a paper pail having scored lines forming two ends, two side sections and a bottom, the four sections intermediate of the sides and ends respectively, having diagonal scored lines dividing them into two triangular sections each, adapted to fold upon one another and against two opposite sides when the blank is bent into shape, the outer edges of said two opposite sides and the outer edges of the triangular sections adjacent to said sides being' of equal width, and folding tucks formed across the outer edges of said opposite sides adapted to lit and fold over the outer edges of said adjacent folding' sections.

2. A blank for a paper pail having scored lines forming two ends, two side sections and a bottom, the four sections intermediate of the sides and ends respectively, having diagonal scored lines dividing them into two triangular sections each, adapted to fold upon one another and against the two opposite sides when the blank is bent into shape, the outer edges of said two opposite sides and the outer edges of the triangular sections adjacent to said sides being of equal width and forming straight lines across the opposite sides of the blank, and folding tucks formed across the outer: edges of said opposite sides adapted to iit and fold over the outer edges of said adjacent folding sections.

3. A blank for a paper pail having scored lines forming two ends, two side sections and a bottom, the scored lines forming' the side sec tions being straight across the blank, and the scored lines forming the ends being' tapered outwardly from the bottom, the four sections intermediate of the sides and ends respectively, having diagonal scored lines dividing them into two triangular sections each, adapted to fold one upon another and against the two opposite sides when the blank is bent into shape, the outer edges of said two opposite sides and the outer edges of the triangular sections adjacent to said sides being of equal width and forming straight lines across the opposite sides of the blank, and folding tucks formed across the outer edges of said opposite sides adapted to lit and fold over the outer edges of said adjacent foldng sections.

ln testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

THEODORE L. NEUMANN.

Titn esses:

OLIVER B. KAISER, LUIsn Buck. 

